Brooke Bocast, doctoral candidate in Anthropology, created the Center's 2008-09 exhibit on museum display formats, using artifacts from Temple's Anthropology Lab. Bocast was a Graduate Associate at the Center in 2007-08.
Current Exhibits
Free and open to the public, from 10 am to 4 pm weekdays at CHAT, 10th floor of Gladfelter Hall, 1115 Polett Walk., Philadelphia, PA. For inquiries, phone 215/204-6386 or email CHAT@temple.edu.
John W. Mosley
Reflections in Black:
A Photographic Celebration of African American Life
In images of the famous and unknown, John W. Mosley (1907-1969) captured the distinctive culture of Philadelphia's African American community at mid-century. This exhibition is presented by the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection of Temple University Libraries in partnership with the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.
September 6, 2011—June 30, 2012
M-F, 10 am-4 pm, CHAT Gallery
10th floor, Gladfelter Hall
Jessica Rowe, Curator
Excavating Desire:
Tastes and Tablewares in
Early to Mid-19th-Century Philadelphia
M-F, 10-4:00 pm, CHAT Gallery,
10th floor, Gladfelter Hall
Illuminating the rise of an industrial disposable consumer culture, Excavating Desire examines tastes and tablewares used in two middle- class households during the early to mid-nineteenth century. The exhibition highlights two important archaeological collections housed in the Temple Anthropology Lab.
Winner of the 2010 CHAT Curator Award, Jessica Rowe is a PhD student in historical archaeology.
Ben Wilson, American Painter
In 2008, CHAT aquired six large oil paintings by American painter Ben Wilson thanks to the generosity of the Ben and Evelyn Wilson Foundation. These works are on permanent display in the CHAT lounge. (Image: a detail from “The Thresher,” c. 1975)
Center for the Humanities
10th Floor, Gladfelter Hall (025-45)
1115 Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6089
Phone - 215-204-6386
Fax - 215-204-8371
Email - chat@temple.edu